Monthly Archives: November 2017

Mesoamerican “cradle of civilisation” and the Osmec head sculptures

Posted on November 19, 2017 by borderslynn

66 million years ago a massive asteroid hit the Gulf of Mexico. This resulted in what we now call the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Amazingly, much of the earth healed eventually, and new creatures evolved to replace those which had been … Continue reading →

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The seafaring Neanderthals and their descendants, the seafaring Pacific Islanders

Posted on November 7, 2017 by borderslynn

We are learning far more about ourselves thanks to the Human Genome Project. Adding this avalanche of new findings to what has been collected by other branches of discovery since, for example, the Taung child skull found in South Africa … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Mesoamerican “cradle of civilisation” and the Osmec head sculptures

The seafaring Neanderthals and their descendants, the seafaring Pacific Islanders

Where did we come from? Where are we going?